Why Your Relationships Keep Failing | The Kirk Cameron Show Ep 54

The Kirk Cameron Show

Kirk Cameron

Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity

4.9 • 776 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

When you put your hope in people, you’re setting yourself up for heartbreak—because no one can do what only God can do. In this episode of The Kirk Cameron Show, Kirk unpacks why relationships are a gift but never a substitute for the Savior. From identity to forgiveness, purpose to peace—these can only be found in Christ. Plus, Kirk answers mailbag questions on regret, judging righteously, the Sabbath, speaking in tongues, and more. To learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family currently uses for our healthcare check out Christian Healthcare Ministries by visiting https://hubs.ly/Q02vWQGy0 Editing and production services provided by thepodcastupload.com #KirkCameron #TheKirkCameronShow #ChristianPodcast #FaithOverFear #HopeInChrist #IdentityInChrist #BiblicalTruth #ChristianLiving #JesusIsLord #ChristianEncouragement #WhyYourRelationshipsKeepFailing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're hooking your hope to the people around you, you're setting yourself up for heartbreak
0:05.4	because no one was ever meant to be your personal Messiah. Put your hope where it belongs or watch it
0:12.4	collapse. This is the Kirk Cameron Show. Good morning. Make sure you subscribe now so you never
0:17.8	miss a truth that could anchor your life. You and I should be thankful for the people
0:23.9	that God has placed into our lives. We should love them dearly. We should treat them with honor and
0:30.3	respect. We should do all that we can to maintain unity and peace with our friends, with our family, and the family of faith. We should do all that we
0:42.1	can to serve them, to care for them, to encourage them, to forgive them. We should be open to them
0:49.2	as they pour wisdom into our life. We should recognize that God designed us to live in community with one
0:58.6	another. But you cannot look to them to provide what only God can provide. There are many Christian
1:06.8	relationships that are painful, that are hurtful, that are marked by conflict and disappointment.
1:14.5	Because one of the persons in that relationship is placing a burden on the other person that no
1:22.2	human relationship can bear. No person, I don't care who it is, can give you your sense of identity. No person can be
1:32.5	the basis for your worth or your purpose. No person can give you a reason to get up in the morning
1:41.6	and keep going. No individual can change you from the inside out.
1:47.7	Nobody can alter your past and nobody can atone for your past wrongs. No person can give you
1:57.3	rest and peace. Asking a person to do those things for you is like requiring him or her
2:05.6	to be the fourth person in the Trinity and then judging them when they fail. It won't work. It can't
2:12.0	work. It's impossible. Human relationships are awesome. They're wonderful. They're gifts from God. But we have to
2:20.4	understand that there's only one source of true life, soul-changing, life-giving, peace-producing
2:29.6	eternal life and hope and purpose and identity.
2:34.9	And that is only found in a vertical relationship.
2:39.8	You and I should be thankful for the relationships that God has given us,
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